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  1. Major League Ready
    Polanco is the backup SS. Who would you rather have ... Riddle at SS and Polanco at 2B or Polanco at SS and Arraez at 2B? As proposed, Astudillo is a 2nd backup to every other infield position except SS. This is only good until one of Simmons or Polanco goes down for more than a game at which point they bring someone up. This is the beauty of AAA being in St. Paul.
  2. Major League Ready
    Law is out of options. No way he makes it through waivers. Therefore, Law starting the season at the ML level gives us more depth. He gets replaced if he stumbles. It's obvious the pitching acquisitions and roster construction were designed for depth this year which is understandable after a 60 game season last year. Cody's inclusion of Law makes sense. I would be quite happy to see him continue to pitch relatively close to the way he has in ST.
  3. Major League Ready
    I would be trading Smeltzer in the next few days for a lottery ticket or a dozen baseballs because when the final cuts are made I would take Law over Smeltzer. I hate to say it but it's not because of great confidence in Law but I have no confidence Smeltzer is going to contribute. Great story and I wish him well but his spot on the 40 man needs to be realloctaed.
  4. Major League Ready
    If you change predict to bet, I am not betting against you. I would like to see them trade some of this OF depth but that might have to wait until the trade deadline. Who knows ... an opportunity could arise if the right contender has injuries early in the season.
  5. Major League Ready
    I would assume because their primary goal is getting guys ready for the season at this point. Giving ABs to someone that is not going to be on the opening day roster does not facilitate that goal.
  6. Major League Ready
    Just a thought ... I would compare him to players he is actually competing with for a job. Not sure what the fact there are guys performing even worse has to do with selecting between the candidates for corner OF spots. I understand the positioning ... It would not make sense to acknowledge how much better the players competing for this position have performed when you want Kirilloff regardless of how he has performed.
  7. Major League Ready
    Garver / Rooker or even Cruz could play 1st for a couple days. If it's longer, call someone up. Didn't kepler play some 1st in the Minors?
  8. Major League Ready
    No. Saying he should start the season because he started one game is silly especially while ignoring his competition for this position were not available for that game. Ignoring that Rooker and Garlick are much more proven is silly. Suggesting a player that has never produced above A+ should start day 1 is silly when you have multiple options that are proven at AAA and in Garlick's case proven at the MLB level. Wasting a year of control on a player that is not ready when you have good options is not silly, it would be massive incompetence and I would lose a whole lot of confidence in this FO if they even considered Kirilloff at this point. The clinging to the fact he started a playoff game while ignoring absolutely everything else. including the fact he has sucked this spring is fanaticism at it's finest. You can't make a case based on performance so you are clinging to the fact he started ONE game when Rooker was hurt and Garlick / Broxton were not on the team.
  9. Major League Ready
    I seriously doubt anyone in the Twins organizations viewed it as Kirilloff’s to lose. Rooker and Garlick are the more proven prospects and it’s not particularly close. The more appropriate speculation was could Kirilloff demonstrate during ST that he would be the most productive player from day 1 of the season. My guess is that they would have considered Kirilloff if he had performed like Garlick or Rooker especially if Rooker and Garlick performed like Kirilloff has performed. It would have been an interesting decision had they all performed like Garlick or all performed like Kirilloff. However, unless there is absolutely no such thing as competition for jobs in spring training, Kirilloff is not starting the season with the big league club.
  10. Major League Ready
    Why would you be irritated? Do you think revenue won’t go down this year or do you think spending is not driven by revenue? Would you spend the same amount if you lost a significant portion of your income? Just a little common sense and you will find there is no reason to be irritated. You could instead be happy that we were able to fill the free agent losses with good replacements in spite of the anticipated revenue losses.
  11. Major League Ready
    I am with you on Shoemaker. If Dobnak continues to look this good, I think he gets the 5th spot and Shoemaker works out of the BP. Let's hope that's the way it goes because the long-term implications are better if Dobnak is too good to keep out of the rotation.
  12. Major League Ready
    Law is the only one of the group mentioned who is out of options. That's a tie breaker for making the team. It would be great if he continues to impress and sticks around for a few years. About time we pick some up that way instead of giving them away. Half of Tampa Bay's BP last year was players we let go.
  13. Major League Ready
    Sano gets no respect. Sure Abreu was phenomenal during last year's 60 game season. Let's not forget that just two years ago Sano's wRC+ was 20 pts higher than Abreu and Abreu is at the age where he will likely start to decline. Just saying that portraying it as a landslide ignores that Sano has already had 2 seasons that were better than Abreu. Sano is also in his prime and Abreu is 34. Would I bet on Sano over Abreu? Heck no but I would not be shocked if Sano bounced back to 2019 form.
  14. Major League Ready
    IF Dobnak can put hitters away .... He will goes as deep as any other starter we have. I don't have statistics to support this but it sure seems like he gets into a lot of long battles after getting ahead of a hitter. Of course, some of those guys get on and a 4 or 5 pitch AB turns into 8-10 pitches plus he has to face an extra hitter. I think a dominant out pitch makes Dobnak a different SP. They could use Shoemaker and Thorpe as long relievers or stack them if one of the other SPs goes down with an injury. Their depth could be a big deal after a 2020 seasons when innings were a fraction of normal.
  15. Major League Ready
    From MLB Rumors ... More from the relief pitching beat… Tyler Clippard didn’t retire any of seven batters faced during yesterday’s outing, and the Diamondbacks said the veteran reliever was suffering from right shoulder discomfort. “He just felt the discomfort as the inning was building,” manager Torey Lovullo told MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert and other reporters, adding that more will be known about Clippard’s condition after examinations from team trainers. Clippard signed a one-year deal worth $2.25MM in guaranteed money last month, and is expected to work as a setup man behind Joakim Soria or perhaps grab some save opportunities himself. [uPDATE: Clippard is getting an MRI on his shoulder, The Athletic’s Zach Buchanan tweets.]
  16. Major League Ready
    That's it ... A lot of projections only list Maeda's base salary. With Maeda at $9M it comes out to $129M.
  17. Major League Ready
    We will move up in extension once Bailey Ober arrives.
  18. Major League Ready
    I am starting to believe this tweak has given Dobnak a plus pitch. We have all seen Dobnak’s inability to put guys away hurt him so it’s not hard to imagine this having a dramatic effect on Dobnak’s position in the rotation. If this turns him into a solid 3 or potentially a 2, I am not putting him in the pen so that Shoemaker has a spot. Shoemaker is 1yr $2M dollar guy. We would get plenty use out of him pitching 2-3 innings out of the pen. Six quality SPs and a handful of good prospects knocking at the door. Is this really the MN Twins?
  19. Major League Ready
    I am rooting for Garlick to keep it up. Kirilloff and Larnach have not proven they are ready and we should not assume a month at AAA is all they need. If Garlick made the team ... Worst case scenario is he does not keep it going and he is replaced by Kirilloff / Rooker or Larnach. Best case scenario he hits like he did in AAA and this spring. We trade him or Kepler or both if and when the others force their way onto the team. That's a high-class problem!
  20. Major League Ready
    Since 2018 Kepler's wRC+ is 109 which is the average for all MLB corner OFers. This happens to be the same as Eddie Rosario who seems to be regarded as the better offensive player. Over the last 2 years Kepler's wRC+ is above league average at 118 / Rosario 105. Not bad if Kepler can reproduce the 118 and play great defense.
  21. Major League Ready
    How many people thought Wisler was an important addition? We have a couple additions with at least as much ceiling as Wisler. We also don't know how the prospects looked last year. Therefore, we don't know how they fit into the plan. The FO might be confident that a couple prospects are ready to contribute. Canterino and his improved velocity might start out in the pen. Perhaps they have made the decision to use Colina in the BP at least to start. Chalmers could also be a factor if he managed to improved his command during his time in St. Paul. I would much rather see them establish a prospect or prospects than go with what's left on the FA market.
  22. Major League Ready
    How about putting him between Cruz and Donaldson?
  23. Major League Ready
    Fangraphs has him at 70/70. He seems like a guy who could jump up in the rankings if he develops a little more pop. Kind of a switch hitting Ben Revere. This is going to be a really interesting season to follow Twins prospect. There are lots of guys like Maciel who could start knocking at the big league door.
  24. Major League Ready
    I was just thinking the same thing. It's not like Kepler is hurting us but it's also not hard to imagine two of Kirilloff, Larnach, Rooker occupying the corner OF spots and perhaps all three with Rooker splitting time between OF / 1B & DH. Best case scenario they get more production out of one of the prospects, save some money to be applied elsewhere and get a return for Kepler. That's the kind of scenario that puts a team in contention. We can hope, right?
  25. Major League Ready
    I think you read it incorrectly. SS ranks 2nd worst. I rearranged them highest to lowest. The up the middle positions C / CF / SS / 2B are the lowest four. --- Ave / NL / AL 1B - 114 117 111 RF - 109 109 109 DH - 106 93 107 LF - 106 109 102 3B - 102 103 101 CF - 99 100 99 2B - 95 96 95 SS - 90 88 91 C - 88 89 88
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